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Contextual Theology
Skills and Practices of Liberating Faith
Av Sigurd Bergmann, Mika Vähäkangas
Häftad, 2022
659 kr
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This book advances that history by exploring stories, images and discourses across a worldwide range of geographical, cultural and confessional contexts. Its twelve authors not only enrich our understanding of the significance of the contextual method, but also produce a new range of original ways …
Kierkegaard, Pietism and Holiness
Häftad, 2016
863 kr
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Søren Kierkegaard wrote that Pietism is 'the one and only consequence of Christianity'. Praise of this sort - particularly when coupled with Kierkegaard's significant personal connections to the movement in Christian spirituality known as Pietism - would seem to demand thorough investigation. And …
Religion in the Thought of Mikhail Bakhtin
Reason and Faith
Häftad, 2016
921 kr
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This book examines the significance of religion in the work of the twentieth century philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin. Exploring Bakhtin’s contribution to debates on methodology in the study of religion, this book argues that his use of religious terminology is derived from his source material in …
Religion in Reason
Metaphysics, Ethics, and Politics in Hent de Vries
Av Tarek R. Dika, Martin Shuster
Häftad, 2024
646 kr
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This book presents critical engagements with the work of Hent de Vries, widely regarded as one of the most important living philosophers of religion. Contributions by a distinguished group of scholars discuss the role played by religion in philosophy; the emergence and possibilities of the category …
Eschatology as Imagining the End
Faith between Hope and Despair
Häftad, 2020
733 kr
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As society becomes more concerned with the future of our planet, the study of apocalypse and eschatology become increasingly pertinent. Whether religious or not, peoples’ views on this topic can have a profound effect on their attitudes to issues such as climate change and social justice and so it …
Investigating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
A New Transdisciplinary Approach
Av Andrew Loke
Häftad, 2021
704 kr
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This book provides an original and comprehensive assessment of the hypotheses concerning the origin of resurrection Christology. It fills a gap in the literature by addressing these issues using a transdisciplinary approach involving historical-critical study of the New Testament, theology, …
Challenges of the Pentecostal, Charismatic and Messianic Jewish Movements
The Tensions of the Spirit
Av Peter Hocken
Häftad, 2016
921 kr
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This book explores the Pentecostal and charismatic movements, tracing their development and their variety. Hocken shows how these movements of the Holy Spirit, both outside the mainline churches and as renewal currents within the churches, can be understood as mutually challenging and as …
Theology Without Walls
The Transreligious Imperative
Inbunden, 2019
2504 kr
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Thinking about ultimate reality is becoming increasingly transreligious. This transreligious turn follows inevitably from the discovery of divine truths in multiple traditions. Global communications bring the full range of religious ideas and practices to anyone with access to the internet. …
Theologising Brexit
A Liberationist and Postcolonial Critique
Inbunden, 2019
2504 kr
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This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the theological challenge presented by the new post-Brexit epoch. The referendum vote for Britain to leave the European Union has led to a seismic shift in the ways in which parts of the British population view and judge their compatriots. The subsequent …
Active Hermeneutics
Seeking Understanding in an Age of Objectivism
Av Stanley E. Porter, Jason C. Robinson
Inbunden, 2020
2504 kr
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Hermeneutics, as a discipline of the humanities, is often assumed to be in thrall to the same subjectivity of every interpretive method, in direct contrast to the objectivity prized by the natural sciences. This book argues that there is a false dichotomy here, and that ancient and modern ideas of …
Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience
Pastoral and Clinical Insights
Av Christopher C. H. Cook, Nathan H. White
Inbunden, 2019
2504 kr
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In recent years, resilience has become a near ubiquitous cultural phenomenon whose influence extends into many fields of academic enquiry. Though research suggests that religion and spirituality are significant factors in engendering resilient adaptation, comparatively little biblical and …
Religious Truth and Identity in an Age of Plurality
Av Peter Jonkers, Oliver J. Wiertz
Inbunden, 2019
2504 kr
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This book deals with the intellectual aspects of having diverse religious expressions in proximity and the socio-political consequences. It provides a multi-disciplinary perspective on this complex subject, cross-fertilizing work on religious plurality with truth-claims from theologians as well as …
Religion and Intersex
Perspectives from Science, Law, Culture, and Theology
Inbunden, 2022
2504 kr
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This book considers the situation of intersex people who have faced erasure in the areas of science, law, culture, and theology due to the assumption that all humans are either ‘female’ or ‘male.’ Centered in interviews conducted with German intersex Christians, this book argues that moving from a …
Recognition and Religion
Contemporary and Historical Perspectives
Av Maijastina Kahlos, Heikki J. Koskinen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2504 kr
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This book focuses on recognition and its relation to religion and theology, in both systematic and historical dimensions. While existing research literature on recognition and contemporary recognition theory has been gradually growing since the early 1990s, certain gaps remain in the field covered …
Religion in Reason
Metaphysics, Ethics, and Politics in Hent de Vries
Av Tarek R. Dika, Martin Shuster
Inbunden, 2022
2126 kr
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This book presents critical engagements with the work of Hent de Vries, widely regarded as one of the most important living philosophers of religion. Contributions by a distinguished group of scholars discuss the role played by religion in philosophy; the emergence and possibilities of the category …
Christianity and the Triumph of Humor
From Dante to David Javerbaum
Inbunden, 2019
2504 kr
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This book traces the development of religious comedy and leverages that history to justify today’s uses of religious humor in all of its manifestations, including irreverent jokes. It argues that regulating humor is futile and counterproductive, illustrating this point with a host of comedic …
Racism and the Weakness of Christian Identity
Religious Autoimmunity
Av David Kline
Inbunden, 2020
2504 kr
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Despite the command from Christ to love your neighbour, Western Christianity has continued to be afflicted by the evil of racism and the acts of violence that accompany it. Through a systems theoretical and deconstructive account of religion and the political theology of St. Paul, this book traces …
Schleiermacher’s Theology of Sin and Nature
Agency, Value, and Modern Theology
Inbunden, 2020
2504 kr
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Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) is often considered the Father of Modern Theology, known for his attempt to reconcile traditional Christian doctrines with philosophical criticisms and scientific discoveries. Despite the influence of his work on significant figures like Karl Barth, he has been …
Violence, Entitlement, and Politics
A Theology on Transforming the Subject
Inbunden, 2021
2504 kr
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This book is an exercise in political theology, exploring the problem of gender- based violence by focusing on violent male subjects and the issue of entitlement. It addresses gender-based violence in familial and military settings before engaging with a wider political context. The chapters draw …
Theology and Evolutionary Anthropology
Dialogues in Wisdom, Humility and Grace
Av Celia Deane-Drummond, Agustín Fuentes
Inbunden, 2020
2504 kr
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This book sets out some of the latest scientific findings around the evolutionary development of religion and faith and then explores their theological implications. This unique combination of perspectives raises fascinating questions about the characteristics that are considered integral for a …
Evolution of Religion, Religiosity and Theology
A Multi-Level and Multi-Disciplinary Approach
Av Jay R. Feierman, Lluis Oviedo
Inbunden, 2019
2504 kr
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This book takes a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary approach to religion, religiosity and theology from their earliest beginnings to the present day. It uniquely brings together the natural sciences and theology to explore how religious practice emerged and developed through the four …
Soul of Theological Anthropology
A Cartesian Exploration
Häftad, 2019
704 kr
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Recent research in the philosophy of religion, anthropology, and philosophy of mind has prompted the need for a more integrated, comprehensive, and systematic theology of human nature. This project constructively develops a theological accounting of human persons by drawing from a Cartesian (as a …
Resacralizing the Other at the US-Mexico Border
A Borderland Hermeneutic
Inbunden, 2019
2504 kr
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This book focuses on the themes of border violence; racial criminalization; competing hermeneutics of the sacred; and State-sponsored modes of desacralizing black and brown-bodied people, all in the context of the US-Mexico borderlands. It provides a much-needed substantive response to the State’s …
Envisioning the Cosmic Body of Christ
Embodiment, Plurality and Incarnation
Inbunden, 2019
2504 kr
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The metaphor of the cosmos as the Body of Christ offers an opportunity to escape the aporias of standard Body of Christ imagery, which has often proved anthropocentric, exclusivist, triumphalist and/or sexist in the analyses of classical theologies. The body motif in particular contains starting …
Proclaiming Holy Scriptures
A Study of Place and Ritual
Inbunden, 2020
2126 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive study on the proclamation of Holy Scriptures as an enacted celebration, as well as its function as a performance within sacralized theatrical spaces. Scripture is integral to religious life within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and these traditions have …
Fourth Pentecostal Wave in South Africa
A Critical Engagement
Inbunden, 2019
2504 kr
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This book critically examines contemporary Pentecostalism in South Africa and its influence on some of the countries that surround it. Pentecostalism plays a significant role in the religious life of this region and so evaluating its impact is key to understanding how religion functions in …
Contextual Theology
Skills and Practices of Liberating Faith
Av Sigurd Bergmann, Mika Vähäkangas
Inbunden, 2020
2504 kr
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This book advances that history by exploring stories, images and discourses across a worldwide range of geographical, cultural and confessional contexts. Its twelve authors not only enrich our understanding of the significance of the contextual method, but also produce a new range of original ways …
Past and Present Political Theology
Expanding the Canon
Av Dennis Vanden Auweele, Miklos Vassányi
Inbunden, 2020
2504 kr
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This book demonstrates how discussions of Political Theology have been a constant feature throughout philosophical modernity and that they continue to impact contemporary political debates. By tracing the historical roots and detailing the contemporary outworking of Political Theology in Europe, it …
Liquidation of the Church
Häftad, 2020
704 kr
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Is religion dying out in Western societies? Is personal spirituality taking its place? Both stories are inadequate. Institutional religion is not simply coming to an end in Western societies. Rather, its assets and properties are redistributed: large parts of the church have gone into liquidation. …
Catholic Social Teaching and Theologies of Peace in Northern Ireland
Cardinal Cahal Daly and the Pursuit of the Peaceable Kingdom
Av Maria Power
Inbunden, 2020
2126 kr
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This book investigates the response of the Catholic Church in Northern Ireland to the conflict in the region during the late Twentieth Century. It does so through the prism of the writings of Cardinal Cahal Daly (1917-2009), the only member of the hierarchy to serve as a bishop throughout the …
